Robbery suspects arrested after police chase ends in Chicago's south suburbs
The chain of events started with a robbery targeting a delivery driver on Chicago’s West Side.
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The chain of events started with a robbery targeting a delivery driver on Chicago’s West Side.
Police have released surveillance images of the robbers, and asked anyone who recognizes them to contact CPD public transit detectives at 312-745-4706.
Marcus A. Phelan, 41, James E. Schoeberl II, 38, and Ryan A. McManimen, 29, all were charged with home invasion.
Odell Wright, 49, of Chicago, was found guilty of aggravated robbery by a jury after a three-day-long trial back in December.
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Police said there was an exchange of gunfire between the attempted robbers and the victim, a concealed carry license holder.
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Police said a group of four men surrounded two women in the Pedway connecting the Red and Blue lines, stole one woman's purse, punched her, and threw her into a wall.
Jemaal Muhammad, 20, was charged with two felony counts of robbery, one felony count of robbery with an indication of a firearm, and one misdemeanor count of theft.
The incident happened on Christmas Eve just before 9 p.m. in the Garfield Park neighborhood.
The robberies all happened in the early morning hours Friday, Dec. 6.
Police said the man robbed and beat a 20-year-old man while riding a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train between the Sox-35th and Cermak-Chinatown Red Line stops.
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Police said the boy has been charged with four counts of aggravated battery, four counts of robbery, two counts of attempted robbery, one count of armed robbery, and one count of aggravated robbery.
The thefts happened on Dec. 5 and 7 during the afternoon and evening hours.
No arrests have been made in either robbery. Police have not confirmed if the two incidents are connected.
Police said the pair approached the passenger on the train and attempted to take their belongings.
Police scanner reports said the robbers took $50,000 to $90,000—as well as the driver's gun.
A Brinks armored truck is believed to have been robbed.
In one incident, the robbers displayed a knife. The robbers were wearing black hooded sweat shirts and ski masks, police said.
The robberies happened in the Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods, with the first happening on Nov. 13 and the latest on Wednesday.
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